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Clinician approach to diagnosis of stress fractures including bisphosphonate-associated fractures
M J McKenna1, E Heffernan, C Hurson
1Department of Endocrinology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. mjmckenn@iol.ie.
Abstract:
Stress fractures are repetitive strain injuries that occur in normal bones and in abnormal bones. Stress fractures share many features in common but differences depend on the status of the underlying bone. This review article for clinicians addresses aspects about stress fractures with particular respect to fatigue fractures, Looser zones of osteomalacia, atypical Looser zones, atypical femoral fractures associated with bisphosphonate therapy and stress fractures in Paget's disease of bone.
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